[17], On 9 May 2015 Lavender gave a reading at VE Day 70: A Party to Remember in Horse Guards Parade, London that was broadcast live on BBC1. 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Thank you Frank! Ian is married to director Loveday, with the couple sharing two kids, Alison King said "yes" to marriage on her one-year anniversary with David, Chris and Caroline share three children two teenage sons, and a daughter, Happy couple Mikey and Rachael are proud parents to two children, Real-life couple Sally Carman and Joe Duttine play Tim and Abi on Corrie, Actresses Shelley King and Trilby James are in a civil partnership, Tina O'Brien and Adam Crofts celebrated their two-year wedding anniversary this year, Simon and Emma had a blowout wedding with their Corrie pals in attendance, Jane Danson and Robert Beck have been man and wife for the past 15 years. On 22 June 2015, Lavender was awarded a star on the Birmingham Walk of Stars. Sadly, most of the time, it's let down by the actors who haven't done their homework. ', a reference to Captain Mainwaring's most famous line from Dad's Army. The sweethearts share three young sons together Alfie, 13, Harry, 11, and Henry Teddy, four. Private Frank Pike, the youngest member of the cast when the show launched in 1968, played by Ian Lavender is still going strong at 75. Related articles Coronation Street icon Adam Barlow . Ian played Geoff in Corrie from 2018-2020 (Picture: ITV) Back in January, Coronation Street star Ian Bartholomew auditioned for this year's series of Britain's Got Talent. Helen Flanagan 'moves on' from 'humiliated' ex Scott Sinclair: 'Not nice for him to . Acting on the stage at Canterbury followed and his first television work was the ATV play "Flowers At My Feet" in 1968. His acting career spanned 37 years, including starring roles in numerous theatre and television productions. Griff Rhys Jones: Star of Not The Nine O'Clock News, Alas Smith and Jones and various TV shows like Three Men in a Boat, has lived in Suffolk on the Shotley peninsula for the best part of 30 years. However a Corrie source has told MailOnline that Iain is not to blame for so many stars decided to leave the soap, and the soap's cast is ever-changing with characters constantly coming and going. Discussing their relationship, a source told The Sun: "Both Joe and Sally had been single for a while and just met at the right time in their lives. From there he went to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, with the assistance of a grant from the City of Birmingham. Two is a great number.". Ian Lavender's autograph on a poster wall at Cineworld Broad Street (Image: Graham Young). He lives on the Norfolk/Suffolk border. [13], In early 2013, Lavender appeared as The Mikado in three concert performances of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera, taking place in The Royal Festival Hall, London, the Symphony Hall, Birmingham and the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. A fourth also posted: 'I won't support Corrie in its current awful state with Iain as producer. 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", However, he did admit that he would return if asked, adding: "I don't think they could get me insured now.". Read more on Closer online. He made an appearance in Goodnight Sweetheart as two different parallel universe versions of the time-travelling lead character's son Michael. Furious Coronation Street fans blame 'disastrous' new show boss Iain MacLeod for FIVE stars quitting in three months, Do not sell or share my personal information. One wrote: 'And now Kate is leaving #CoronationStreet as well wouldn't it have been nice for Kate and Rana to leave together? After a varied career on stage and on television, her public profile blossomed again in 1999 when she was cast as Sylvia Hollamby, the hard-hearted warder, in the prison drama Bad Girls which ran until 2006 and then was transformed into a West End musical. Hill moved to Suffolk in the mid-1980s, having fallen I love with the county while filming Drowning By Numbers with Peter Greenaway at Thorpeness. Here are some of the famous who have made their home in our part of the world. Nina is played by newcomer Mollie Gallagher, 21. Coronation Street star Julia Goulding has returned to the cobbles as Shona Platt after her maternity leave.. Bill Turnbull: Another Theberton resident, for many years Bill Turnbull was the face of BBC Breakfast alongside Sian Williams. ", Yet he added he was proud of the role, insisting: "I have never understood why actors say, 'It's not the only thing I've done'.". [11], Lavender appeared as Monsignor Howard in the West End theatre production of Sister Act the Musical. A revival of The Glums (197879), at first as part of a Bruce Forsyth variety series, proved rather more satisfactory, being adapted from scripts for the 1950s radio series Take It From Here that were written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden. at the Walberswick Fete Photo: Andy Abbott, Rose Leslie and Kit Harington attending the Olivier Awards 2017, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. 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